US newscaster, journalist, commentator, author.
He is best known for his TV documentaries, e.g., "Our Times."

The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and experience, and it's very limited in what it can do logically. It's an existential experience there and then gone.

When I learn something new -- and it happens every day -- I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest.

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite my deficiencies.

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what they do.